Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phobotaxis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phob-o-taxis
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The movement of an organism either towards or away from an aversive stimulus.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phobo- + taxis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phobo

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

phobotaxes (plural)

Derived Forms

photophobotaxis

Questions

What does phobotaxis mean?: The movement of an organism either towards or away from an aversive stimulus.
Where does phobotaxis come from?: From phobo- + taxis.

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